Sisters, Long Ago

164 Pages·2016·12.84 MB·English

by  Kehret Peg

—
is it a
dream
or lias a
pastiife
returned
to haunt
her!
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The Water Closed Over
the Top ofHer Head.
Fm drowning.
The thought gave her a fresh spurt of energy. She kicked
furiously, ignoring the cramp in her stomach, pushing aside
the pain in her chest.
Her head burst up above the surface and Willow gulped
frantically, tryingtogetairwithoutwaterbut unable to control
what entered her nose and mouth. She screamed, or at least
she thought she screamed, before she went under again.
And that's when it happened. She was still struggling, still
aware that she was drowning, when, in her mind, she saw a
girl on a small raft made of woven branches. She wore a
simple, long white gown, belted at the waist, and her straight
black hair hung to her shoulders. She was twelve and her
name was Kalos. This black-haired girl looked nothing like
Willow, and yet Willow knew immediately that she and Kalos
were the same person. She was watching herself, in a different
time
. . .
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FOR MY MOTHER
Ifl have another life^
1 hope shes there